For generations of New Yorkers, Century 21 NYC has been synonymous with the city itself. It is a downtown Manhattan institution where shoppers line up to score designer labels at unbeatable prices. But many who walked through its famous doors never knew that behind the iconic retailer were two observant Syrian Jewish families whose Torah […]
Over the past 14 years working as an occupational therapist in the NYC Department of Education, I’ve cherished teaching children how to hold a pencil, tie shoelaces, and navigate school challenges. But the most impactful experience continues to be a deeply personal one: Seeing the value society gives to the populations portrayed in their educational […]
New York City, the place where 9/11 happened less than twenty-five years ago, the home of one of the largest populations of Jews in the world, is on its way to electing a pro-terror, Jew-hating mayor. Not only does Zohran Mamdani refuse to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada” – a chant that explicitly means […]
In yet another horrific antisemitic attack, an 18-year-old boy was punched in the face on Tuesday because he wouldn’t say “Free Palestine,” when a group of teens approached him and a friend, Fox News reported. The Jewish teen attempted to ignore the group when he was punched, which resulted in a bloody eye. The attacker […]
Anti-Semitic attacks have nearly quadrupled this year in NYC alone, according to NYPD crime statistics. Throughout the month of January 15 different attacks were reported in contrast with the year before which had four reported attacks in the same month. Now, 81 have been reported as of March 27, a huge increase from 20 at […]
While the inauguration has now been canceled due to an uptick of Covid cases, before that, mayor-elect of New York City, Eric Adams had postponed his inauguration to after Shabbos. The ceremony, which traditionally takes place at noon on January 1st, was planned to be moved to the evening so that Adams’ many Orthodox Jewish […]
